When we replaced brake pads on both sides. It seems as if the wheel had gotten even more resistance

Tiny
MUSTANG20205
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  • 2013 FORD MUSTANG
  • 5.0L
  • V8
  • 2WD
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  • 67,000 MILES
Hello, I have the Gt model. I have a problem with my driver's side wheel not spinning freely. A year ago I noticed that the wheel had a lot of resistance when we tried to spin it. My brother said that the brake hose collapsed because the fluid looked like sewer water as well as other symptoms. We had replaced the brake hose that connects the caliper to the junction where the other brake hose meets. This did not help with the problem. He then said that maybe because it collapsed the rubber pieces clogged up the caliper. We had then replaced the brake caliper as well as the bracket. All of these repairs maybe helped 20%. But it did not fix the issue whatsoever. We had left it for the winter until this summer when I jacked up the car. I wanted to check the wheel and it had a great amount of resistance. When you turn the wheel it takes both hands and when you let go it stops immediately. My friend and I decided to replace brake pads. When we replaced brake pads on both sides. It seems as if the wheel had gotten even more resistance and did not want to spin. We then thought maybe it's a warped rotor. We had almost new rotors laying around and had replaced them on both sides. This did not help at all and the wheel still has a great amount of resistance. We had bled the brakes on the driver's side and this did not help. We had replaced numerous parts and nothing has helped with my problem. I do not think it's the bearing since there is no play in the wheel and there are no noises. The rotor on the drivers side was scratched up and the brake pad had 15% life left on it. While the passenger side looked brand new and the brake pad had 80% life left. I am not sure if it's the abs pump or possibly the bracket I had purchased is bad. The passenger side is fine, but the driver's side does not want to spin even a little bit. I am not sure if it's the design and the brake pads do not want to disengage properly. As you can see there have been numerous parts replaced with no help. Any help would be much appreciated!
Thank you
Thursday, July 4th, 2019 AT 10:35 AM

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Tiny
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Sounds like the caliper is not releasing. The easy way to confirm this is to get the wheel jacked up and spin it to feel the resistance and then crack the bleeder on that caliper and spin the wheel. If the resistance is less or gone then the caliper is dragging and needs replaced.

Either way you are going to have to bleed the brakes after this. However, here is a guide that will help with this:

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/how-to-bleed-or-flush-a-car-brake-system

Also, here are some guides that will help with replacing the caliper and brakes again:

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/brake-caliper-replacement

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/how-to-replace-front-brake-pads-and-rotors-fwd

Lastly you will find below the process on how to replace them from the manual if you need this as well. Thanks
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Wednesday, April 21st, 2021 AT 2:21 PM

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